Baronet
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
Sir John Smith, Bart.
Contemporary Examples
It is the prerogative of a viscount or a baron to make a person feel small, and of a baronet to extinguish him.
Twain’s Conversations with Satan Mark Twain April 25, 2009
Historical Examples
“I have a good mind to go to London with you,” said the baronet.
The Hound of the Baskervilles A. Conan Doyle
Tim might scoop up an immense fortune and be made a baronet.
Gossamer George A. Birmingham
Your husband is the baronet and he can if he likes assume the “Sir” at once.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright
Sir William’s father was dead, and though only eighteen, he was a baronet.
Down the Rhine Oliver Optic
Was he not a baronet with ten thousand a year coming to him?
Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope
She did not like the baronet, and she did like the young commander.
Down the Rhine Oliver Optic
I could neither fawn nor cringe, and the baronet, who was a high-spirited man himself, loved me for my independence.
The Monctons Susanna Moodie
For his success he received the thanks of parliament and was created a baronet.
The Greatest Highway in the World Anonymous
Of course nothing was said about Marie and no further allusion was made to the painful subject of the baronet’s “property.”
The Way We Live Now Anthony Trollope
noun
(in Britain) a commoner who holds the lowest hereditary title of honour, ranking below a baron Abbreviation Bart., Bt
n.
c.1400, diminutive of baron; originally a younger or lesser baron; as a titled hereditary order, established 1611.
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- Baronetcy
the rank or dignity of a baronet. Historical Examples The baronetcy was inherited by no other member of the family, and became extinct. The Loyalists of Massachusetts James H. Stark He has 300 a year of his own, and plenty of resources,—besides, the baronetcy must come to him. Heartsease Charlotte M. Yonge He will probably […]
- Baronetess
a woman holding the rank of a baronet in her own right. the wife or widow of a baronet. Abbreviation: Btss. Historical Examples Our baronetess is a good-hearted woman in reality—with a little flummery—only she’s apt to be taken in by sounding phrases. It Never Can Happen Again William De Morgan
- Baronetize
to make (someone) a baronet; confer a baronetcy upon.
- Barong
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